Elbasan

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • The fourth largest city in Albania (country), located in the center of the country on the river Shkumbin; it is the seat of its eponymous county and municipality.
  • county Albania (country).
  • municipality Albania (country).

Origin

  • Borrowed from Albanian Elbasan, itself likely from Ottoman Turkish ايلبصان.

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